The Padres yesterday announced a three-tier pricing system for single-game tickets for the 2008 season.

Fans purchasing single-game tickets between March 1 (when they go on sale) and March 31 will pay 2007 prices. After that date, advance-date prices will go up between $1 (for 10 of 14 categories) and $2 (for three categories), with standing room and Park at the Park tickets remaining $5.

Day-of-game purchases, however, will rise from $1 to $5 a seat, with an average increase of $2.29.

Also, the Padres have designated five games as “premium games” with tickets costing between $1 and $7 more than regular games. Those games are Opening Night (March 31) and four Saturday night dates – April 5 (Dodgers), May 10 (Colorado), June 28 (Seattle) and Aug. 2 (San Francisco).

In addition to setting ticket prices, the Padres announced two sections where the price will include food and/or merchandise. The $39 tickets for the top of the Western Metal Supply Co. building will include a pregame buffet and a third-inning snack. The $45 seats in the right-field pavilion will include $20 worth of concessions and/or merchandise.

Also, the Padres have added Joe Bochy and Todd Greene to their pro scouting department. Bochy, 56, the brother of former Padres manager Bruce Bochy, has been a Padres amateur scout since 1998. Greene, 36, played 11 seasons in the majors as a backup catcher. The Padres also named Shane Spencer (Single-A Lake Elsinore) and Darrell Sherman (short-season Single-A Eugene) as hitting instructors.